Nvidia Puts July 31 Date on Shipping Shield Device

Nvidia last month said it would delay the delivery of its Shield portable videogame player from the end of June until sometime in July. Late Monday, the chip maker said the device will arrive the very last day of the month.

The company had said it needed extra time to refine a “mechanical issue” related to a third-party mechanical component, without providing specifics.

On Monday, Nvidia indicated that the problem is resolved, after working “non-stop” to ensure it meets the company’s quality-control standards. “The high-performance gaming and entertainment portable is in full production and will begin shipping on July 31,” the company said in a blog post.

Shield has some differences from other devices on the market, based on a strategy to exploit two different kinds of game software in a device that has both a display and console-style controller buttons. One target is Android mobile games; the other is personal computer games that can be streamed to the device from an Nvidia-equipped system elsewhere in a house.

The company had previously trimmed the price of the Shield from $349 to $299, citing customer feedback.